Sri Lanka's external performance defies global trends on two counts. First, the level of openness as measured by the ratio of trade in goods and services, after a strong increase in 1987-95 and stagnation...
The study presents a comprehensive review of developing country trade policies and market access issues as they evolved over the period 1990-2012. The main findings are, first, that applied tariffs as...
This paper decomposes manufacturing import growth rates in a selected set of large industrial and developing countries (five industrial and eight developing) and measures the relative contributions of...
This paper reviews trends and patterns in developing countries' trade from 1980 to 2010. During the 30-year span, world trade expanded rapidly, especially in developing countries in the last decade. A...
A positive international environment favors growth of the several economies in a given region, but does not assure that the differences in the economic potential of the several countries are reduced in...
Earlier research showed that during the 1980s and 1990s most of the global agricultural trade expansion took place among the industrial countries and among countries within trade blocs. These were also...
Bosnia and Herzegovina's industrial restructuring, as seen through the lenses of foreign trade performance and its sustainability, has taken off. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s exports have displayed strong...
China has emerged as one of the top recipients of foreign direct investment in the world. Meanwhile, the successful transition experience of many Central and Eastern European countries has also allowed...
This paper provides an analysis of the two channels of regional integration: integration via markets and integration via agreements. Given that East Asia and Latin America are two fertile regions where...
The purpose of this paper is to update the information on net food importing countries, using different definitions of food, separating countries by their level of income, whether they are in conflict...
EMU Enlargement: why flexibility matters, by Philipp Maier and Maarten Hendrikx. Gains from risk sharing in the EU, by Yuliya Demyanyk and Vadym Volosovych. Postponing Euro area expectations? by Tanel...
EMU Enlargement: why flexibility matters, by Philipp Maier and Maarten Hendrikx. Gains from risk sharing in the EU, by Yuliya Demyanyk and Vadym Volosovych. Postponing Euro area expectations? by Tanel...
This is an empirical paper seeking to identify the mode of Turkey's integration into global markets in general, and pan-European markets in particular, as revealed in its trade performance. The analysis...
This paper looks at Bulgaria's industrial restructuring through the lenses of its evolving specialization in international division of labor and integration into international markets with a special emphasis...
This report examines reasons why Kenya and other African trade did not provide the engine of growth that it did elsewhere. During the last quarter century many Sub-Saharan African countries non-oil exports...
尽管罗马尼亚的结构改革业绩平平,外国直接投资(FDI)流入也相对较少,但该国的出口在经历了四年的疲弱增长之后,自2000年以来在欧盟和非欧盟市场展示了惊人的良好业绩。虽然可以轻而易举地说明1992–95年间第一阶段的增长是废除了国家的外贸垄断并开放了其它政策领域之后贸易转向欧盟的结果,但第二阶段的出口增长则提出了有关其动力和可持续性的问题。 在考察了罗马尼亚的整体外贸业绩、专业化产生模式、在欧盟朝阳市场中的竞争力、与欧盟贸易的要素密集度变化、以及“内部产品”贸易之后,Kaminski和Ng的结论是,罗马尼亚的出口已经实现了多元化,反映了产业结构调整方面的巨大进步。FDI的流入推动了结构调整,尽管它们似乎少得不足以产生这种重大影响。罗马尼亚的企业日益成为国际生产网络和传统全球价值链的一个组成部分。这种业绩的可持续性取决于保持宏观经济稳定并继续使工资增长与生产率增长相一致,以及通过改善商业环境和推动贸易便利化,提高罗马尼亚吸引FDI流入的能力。
This article assesses the impact of the world price-depressing effect of agricultural subsidies and border protection in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries on developing...
Do macroeconomics crises always slow human capital accumulations? By Nobert R. Schady. The distribution of income shocks during crises: an application of quantile analysis to Mexico, 1992-95, by William...
本研究得出的经验性结果对进一步推动东亚地区贸易的发展和合作倡议具有积极影响。自1980年代中期以来,地区内贸易的增长速度几乎是世界贸易增长速度的两倍,大大超过北美自由贸易协定(NAFTA)成员国或欧盟成员国内部的贸易增长速度。以工业内部贸易比例或国际生产份额统计为基础的证据表明,在过去的20年中,东亚经济间的经济联系和相互依赖性大大加强。在全球范围内,目前东亚(不包括日本)贸易份额占世界贸易的19%,几乎与NAFTA成员国的份额相等。
This study examines the implications of recent trade trends, and long-term price projections for Sub-Saharan Africa's major exports. Its policy message for Africa is two fold. First, Africa must diversify...